My Selection
Disclaimer: the ratings showing up are those of IMDb, not mine (even if I usually agree for the most part), though it's ranked starting from the most liked and the order loses importance as it goes down.
This is a list of some of my favorite movies and TV shows as well as those that made a strong impression on me, that I still consider worth watching despite not necessarily being top-notch, or those whose topics and theories I am or used to be interested in, in order to give a quick glimpse of my tastes in cinema and of my interests in general to my students, for whom this list was originally made. There's a mix of movies and TV shows mostly in English and French.
This is a list of some of my favorite movies and TV shows as well as those that made a strong impression on me, that I still consider worth watching despite not necessarily being top-notch, or those whose topics and theories I am or used to be interested in, in order to give a quick glimpse of my tastes in cinema and of my interests in general to my students, for whom this list was originally made. There's a mix of movies and TV shows mostly in English and French.
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- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.Loved the movie so much back in my teenagehood that I also read the book it was adapted from, from Chuck Palahniuk ー great author by the way!
- CreatorAlexandre AstierStarsAlexandre AstierLionnel AstierFranck PitiotIn this off beat account of King Arthur's quest for the Grail, virtually every journey, battle or adventure, is stopped dead in its tracks by the knights of the round table's most worldly traits--cowardice, greed, idiocy or misplaced chivalry. As a consequence, instead of epic adventures, we are treated with the characters' pragmatic and anachronistic take on each and every event in the Grail legend, true to the purest sitcom tradition.Probablement ma série préférée, toutes langues confondues.
- CreatorDan HarmonJustin RoilandStarsChris ParnellSpencer GrammerSarah ChalkeThe fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. We're all going to die. [Go] watch [Rick and Morty].
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.My favorite trilogy by a long shot, even to this day.
- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.Quick note about the ending ー Some series leave a door as big as a drawbridge for a sequel (Dexter), others dig a hole in the wall afterwards and pretend there was a door all along (Prison Break). Breaking Bad reached a compromise, hats off to them. Loved all 3 series though!
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica ChastainWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.Incredible OST from Hans Zimmer.
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.« One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa... an upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction. »
Amazing sountrack, atmosphere. They clearly make reference to Google on several occasions too. - DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.Brilliant, what's not to love in a movie from David Fincher?
- DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsAbraham AttahEmmanuel AffadziRicky AdelayitorA drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.Brilliant in depicting the horror(s) of war. Amazing actors and awesome soundtrack as well.
- CreatorGreg DanielsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsSteve CarellJenna FischerJohn KrasinskiA mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, tedium and romance.If you haven't watched the series yet, you have no idea how high it can fly.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
- CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsEdward NortonEdward FurlongBeverly D'AngeloLiving a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.A classic!
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJoaquin PhoenixRobert De NiroZazie BeetzDuring the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.I wasn't sure if I liked it that much after watching it a first time, so I watched it a second time. I still don't know, so naturally I added it to this selection.
But in all seriousness... Unfamiliar with the DC Universe and Batman in particular, I was solely interested in the depiction of the psychological development of the character. In that regard, I think it's brilliant, and Joaquin Phoenix nailed it. - DirectorGreg KohsStarsIoannis AntonoglouLucas BakerNick BostromGoogle's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.Watched the games live on YouTube in the middle of the night back then!
- CreatorLaeta KalogridisStarsChris ConnerRenée Elise GoldsberryDichen LachmanSet in a future where consciousness is digitized and stored, a prisoner returns to life in a new body and must solve a mind-bending murder to win his freedom.
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan CranstonA mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
- CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.I have nothing against lumberjacks.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
- StarsOrelsanGringeJonathan CohenBloqués is a French YouTube Series. Gringe and Orelsan are two adults that like to lie on their couch and think about life. Bloqué is about their fear of work and their fear of comitement.À voir sur YT ー Si jamais un ami te demande quelle série mater ensemble, ne réponds JAMAIS "comme tu veux". Réponds-lui simplement "Bloqués". Surtout si c'est Gringe...
- DirectorBennett MillerStarsBrad PittRobin WrightJonah HillOakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBen AffleckRosamund PikeNeil Patrick HarrisWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.